A jaw-dropping footage of a young man scaling a building in Paris to rescue a young child has gone viral. While the child was dangling from a balcony of a four-storey building, the 22-year-old Malian immigrant Mamoudou Gassama quickly scaled the building to save the child.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has not only praised the young man for the heroic act but also invited him to the Presidential palace to meet President Emmanuel Macron to support his effort to settle in France.

The above video has gone viral and people on social media called him real spiderman.

"He arrived from Mali a few months ago dreaming of building his life here."I replied that his heroic gesture was an example for all citizens & that the City of Paris will obviously be keen to support him in his efforts to settle in France.” @Anne_Hidalgohttps://t.co/fIWvW644id